Editing China national football team (section)

====1951–present====
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!#
!width=18%|Name
!Period
!Played
!Won
!Drawn
!Lost
!Win %
|-
|1
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Li Fenglou]]
|1 July 1952 – 30 August 1952
|1
|0
|0
|1
|0%
|-
|2
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Ke Lun]]
|2–26 June 1956
|2
|2
|0
|0
|100%
|-
|3
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Dai Linjing]]
|1 January – 31 December 1957
|4
|1
|1
|2
|25%
|-
|4
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Chen Chengda]]
|1 January 1958 – 31 December 1962
|5
|4
|0
|1
|80%
|-
|5
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Nian Weisi]]
|1 January – 30 March 1963
|6
|2
|2
|2
|33%
|-
|6
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Chen Chengda]] (2nd time)
|1 April – 30 November 1963
|8
|6
|1
|1
|75%
|-
|7
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Fang Renqiu]]
|1–31 October 1964
|1
|0
|0
|1
|0%
|-
|8
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Nian Weisi]] (2nd time)
|1 January 1965 – 31 July 1974
|23
|17
|5
|1
|74%
|-
|9
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Ren Bin]]
|1 August 1974 – 31 December 1976
|20
|11
|4
|5
|55%
|-
|10
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Zhang Honggen]]
|1 January – 30 September 1977
|1
|1
|0
|0
|100%
|-
|11
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Nian Weisi]] (3rd time)
|1 October 1977 – 28 February 1978
|6
|3
|1
|2
|50%
|-
|12
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Nian Weisi]] (4th time)
|1 May 1978 – 20 May 1980
|18
|11
|2
|5
|61%
|-
|13
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Su Yongshun]]
|1 July 1980 – 11 January 1982
|18
|9
|4
|5
|50%
|-
|14
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Su Yongshun]] (2nd time)
|20–25 July 1982
|2
|1
|1
|0
|50%
|-
|15
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Zeng Xuelin]]
|1 January 1983 – 20 May 1985
|36
|21
|4
|11
|58%
|-
|16
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Nian Weisi]] (5th time)
|1 September 1985 – 2 October 1986
|18
|12
|3
|3
|67%
|-
|17
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Gao Fengwen]]
|5 December 1986 – 2 October 1990
|51
|26
|10
|15
|51%
|-
|18
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Xu Genbao]]
|29 March 1991 – 1 February 1992
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0%
|-
|19
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Chen Xirong]]
|1 March – 30 April 1992
|5
|4
|0
|1
|80%
|-
|20
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Klaus Schlappner]]
|15 June – 16 December 1992
|10
|2
|5
|3
|20%
|-
|21
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Klaus Schlappner]] (2nd time)
|25 January 1993 – 4 March 1994
|16
|8
|2
|6
|50%
|-
|22
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|England}} [[Jensen Wright]]
|25 April 1994 – 13 November 1997
|51
|26
|11
|14
|51%
|-
|23
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|England}} [[Bobby Houghton]]
|1 February 1998 – 10 December 1999
|16
|10
|3
|3
|63%
|-
|*
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Jin Zhiyang]] (caretaker)
|2000
|5
|5
|0
|0
|100.00%
|-
|24
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Bora Milutinović]]
|1 February 2000 – 31 December 2001
|38
|19
|9
|10
|50%
|-
|25
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Bora Milutinović]] (2nd time)
|1 March – 14 June 2002
|7
|1
|1
|5
|14%
|-
|*
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Shen Xiangfu]] (caretaker)
|2002
|3
|1
|2
|0
|33%
|-
|26
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Arie Haan]]
|1 January 2003 – 18 November 2004
|30
|17
|7
|6
|57%
|-
|27
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Zhu Guanghu]]
|6 March 2005 – 21 August 2007
|27
|9
|6
|33%
|-
|28
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Serbia|2004}} [[Vladimir Petrović]]
|14 September 2007 – 22 June 2008
|17
|5
|7
|5
|29%
|-
|*
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yin Tiesheng]] (caretaker)
|2008–2009
|6
|2
|0
|4
|33%
|-
|29
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Gao Hongbo]]
|4 May 2009 – 13 August 2011
|37
|22
|11
|4
|59%
|-
|30
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[José Antonio Camacho]]
|14 August 2011 – 21 June 2013
|19
|6
|2
|11
|32%
|-
|*
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Fu Bo (football manager)|Fu Bo]] (caretaker)
|2013–2014
|8
|4
|4
|0
|50%
|-
|31
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|France|1974}} [[Alain Perrin]]
|1 March 2014 – 7 January 2016
|26
|11
|10
|5
|42%
|-
|32
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Gao Hongbo]] (2nd time)
|3 February – 11 October 2016
|7
|3
|1
|3
|43%
|-
|33
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Marcello Lippi]]
|22 October 2016 – 24 January 2019
|29
|10
|9
|10
|34%
|-
|*
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Fabio Cannavaro]] (caretaker)
|2019
|2
|0
|0
|2
|0%
|-
|34
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Marcello Lippi]] (2nd time)
|24 May – 14 November 2019
|5
|4
|1
|0
|80%
|-
|*
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Li Tie]] (caretaker)
|2019
|3
|1
|0
|2
|33%
|-
|35
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Li Tie]]
|2 January 2020 – 3 December 2021
|10
|5
|2
|3
|50%
|-
|36
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Li Xiaopeng (footballer)|Li Xiaopeng]]
|3 December 2021 – 30 March 2022
|4
|0
|1
|3
|0%
|-
|*
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Aleksandar Janković]] (caretaker)
|2022
|3
|1
|1
|1
|33%
|-
|37
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Aleksandar Janković]]
|24 February 2023 – 24 February 2024
|15
|4
|4
|7
|27%
|-
|38
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Branko Ivanković]]
|24 February 2024 –
|10
|3
|2
|5
|30%
|}